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1 "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook ? Or press down his tongue with a cord ?
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1 "Can you pull in the leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
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2 "Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook ?
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2 Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
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3 "Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words ?
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3 Will he keep begging you for mercy? Will he speak to you with gentle words?
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4 "Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever ?
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4 Will he make an agreement with you for you to take him as your slave for life?
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5 "Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens ?
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5 Can you make a pet of him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?
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6 "Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants ?
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6 Will traders barter for him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?
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7 "Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears ?
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7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
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8 "Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle ; you will not do it again !
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8 If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
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9 "Behold, your expectation is false ; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?
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9 Any hope of subduing him is false; the mere sight of him is overpowering.
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10 "No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?
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10 No one is fierce enough to rouse him. Who then is able to stand against me?
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11 "Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
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11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
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12 "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.
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12 "I will not fail to speak of his limbs, his strength and his graceful form.
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13 "Who can strip off his outer armor ? Who can come within his double mail ?
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13 Who can strip off his outer coat? Who would approach him with a bridle?
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14 "Who can open the doors of his face ? Around his teeth there is terror.
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14 Who dares open the doors of his mouth, ringed about with his fearsome teeth?
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15 "His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal.
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15 His back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;
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16 "One is so near to another That no air can come between them.
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16 each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.
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17 "They are joined one to another ; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
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17 They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.
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18 "His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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18 His snorting throws out flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
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19 "Out of his mouth go burning torches ; Sparks of fire leap forth.
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19 Firebrands stream from his mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.
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20 "Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
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20 Smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
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21 "His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
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21 His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth.
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22 "In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him.
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22 Strength resides in his neck; dismay goes before him.
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23 "The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable .
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23 The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
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24 "His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone.
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24 His chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.
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25 "When he raises himself up, the mighty fear ; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
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25 When he rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before his thrashing.
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26 "The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
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26 The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
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27 "He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.
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27 Iron he treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.
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28 "The arrow cannot make him flee ; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
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28 Arrows do not make him flee; slingstones are like chaff to him.
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29 "Clubs are regarded as stubble ; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
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29 A club seems to him but a piece of straw; he laughs at the rattling of the lance.
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30 "His underparts are like sharp potsherds ; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
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30 His undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
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31 "He makes the depths boil like a pot ; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
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31 He makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
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32 "Behind him he makes a wake to shine ; One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
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32 Behind him he leaves a glistening wake; one would think the deep had white hair.
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33 "Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear.
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33 Nothing on earth is his equal-- a creature without fear.
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34 "He looks on everything that is high ; He is king over all the sons of pride."
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34 He looks down on all that are haughty; he is king over all that are proud."
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